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Slow recovery in prospect for 2021Often in business, it's the need to react to rapid change which presents the biggest challenge as owners and managers struggle to keep pace with new developments, an unexpected shift in customer demand or the impact of a natural disaster. As we embark on2021, however, it's the slowness of change which is putting our industry under the most pressure.For all the relief being felt in response to the arrival of an expanding clutch of vaccines against Covid-19, coupled with the last-minute agreement of a Brexit deal between the EU and the UK, the reality of the new year is that 2021 has all the hallmarks of becoming an extremely slow-moving 12 months. Add to this, the stubborn refusal of US President Donald Trump to accept defeat, two months after losing to Joe Biden by seven million votes in total and by 306 to 232 in terms ot the all-important electoral college, and the craziness of 2020 just keeps going.